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ANGELIN E BUTTON, ADMIN ISTR-ATRIX OF CHARLES- A. BUTTON, DEOEASED, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

Letters Para: No. 60,135, daad December 4,1866.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it known that CHARLES A. BUTTON, late of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, and State of Michigan,

did, in his lifetime, invent an Improved Buckle, intended more especially for harness and leather straps; and' I, ANGELINE BUTTO, of the same place, administratrix of the estate of the deceased, do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference 'being had to, the accompanying drawings, makingv part of this specication- Figure 1 being a side edge view of the buckle. Figure 2, a top view thereof. Figure 3, a central longitudinal section thereof. Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the gures. The body, or rim, A, of the buckle has, just forward of the chape, B, a bar, or jaw, h, against which one side of the strap, w, is griped by a jaw, g, of the clasp C, there being no tongue used. The pinching surface of this jaw maybe grooved or roughened, if desired, though not necessarily. This clasp, C, has journals, z' 1,', (iig. 1,)'

which enter into hook bearings,- ff, on the sides of the rim, A, of the form substantially as shown, s o that the clasp can be readily removed when the strap or tug, w, is not in the buckle, but cannot be accidentally removed when the strap is in place. On the opposite edge of the clasp from the jaw, g, is a cross-bar, d, substantially as shown, against which the strap or tug bears, and from its leverage, acting by the pivot journals, iz', causes suicient compression of the jaw, g, on the strap to hold-it from slipping. The tighter the strap "is drawn the more powerful is this leverage pressure, and, consequently, the more securely does the bucklehold. The front bar of the rim, A, between which and the cross-bar, d, the strap is drawn, assists not only in keeping thestrap in place, but in increasing the pressure of the strap on the clasp. The buckle will act either on a thin or thick strap, the space between the jaw, L, and the throat-bar, B, being, in a large harness buckle, wide enough `to admit a strap half an inch thick. There may be side-fenders, a a, to strengthen and protect the journalbearings, ff. The buckle may be made quite ornamental in form, and 4finished in any style.

What I claim as the invention of CHARLES A. BUTTON, deceased, is the combination of theI clasp C, and body i or rim A, constructed and connected substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

The above specication of CHARLES A. BUTTONS improved buckle signed by me this 30th day of August, 1866. AN GELINE BUTTON.

Witnesses H. STETNHAST,

James CARHAST. 

